On 2014-07-24 09:40:47 +0000, Chris Hogg said:

On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 23:19:02 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 2014-07-23 17:04:27 +0000, Chris Hogg said:

On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:08:12 +0100, Sacha
wrote:
Here's our Echium fastuosum earlier this year,
just as they were opening - bee magnet, too, I may say!
http://i60.tinypic.com/21crrrt.jpg

Very nice, but I hope you've also got a few in full sun. The are,
after all, natives of The Canaries.

Those are under the shelter of a tree but they face due south so don't
lack sun. It gives them protection but lets them rip, too! To the right
was an E. piniana which seeded itself.

These were mine, a few years ago (2007, according to the date on the
file):

http://i61.tinypic.com/ej5x04.jpg

http://i62.tinypic.com/jku4h2.jpg

I'm not sure the second is pure E. fastuosum. I think there may be a
bit of pininana in there. I have the photo labeled Echium hybrid. The
first was from a cutting from a garden in west Cornwall, but I'm not
sure where the second came from. Possibly a seedling in my own garden,
as I did also have a pininana at that time.

What a lovely sight - they look wonderful grown like that.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon